"Peasant Burning Weeds," Vincent van Gogh. A tonalist canvas from Vincent, not the explosion of color and thick brushwork we expect. From his letters to his brother, Theo... "Do our inner thoughts ever show outwardly? There may be a great fire in our soul, yet no one...

Drawings from "De Humani Corporis Fabrica (On the Fabric of the Human Body)" by Andreas Vesalius, et al. Ink on paper. I was in Dallas over this past weekend to see my daughter. Visited the art museum and took in a stunning exhibition of Flemish masterworks. "Saints,...

Untitled (Ram), Lawrence Deen Golden, my big brother. Acrylic, 1978. My brother was immensely talented. Painter, photographer, guitarist, drummer. (I can claim three of those traits, but I'm still after the guitar thing. Help.) Our father subscribed to magazines of...